The Quaternary record of eastern Svalbard - an overview

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Landvik, Jon Y., Hjort, Christian, Mangerud, Jan, Möller, Per, Salvigsen, Otto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1995
• Subjects: Svalbard; Barents Sea; Svalbard Archipelago; Bjørnøya; Edgeøya; Kong Karls Land; Barentsøya; Ice Sheet; Kongsøya; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1941; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v14i2.6657

The eastern part Svalbard archipelago and the adjacent areas of the Barents Sea were subject to extensive erosion during the Late Weichselian glaciation. Small remnants of older sediment successions have been preserved on Edgeeya, whereas a more complete succession on Kongsøya contains sediments fro...